In a video presented by attorneys of the Slidebar Rock-n-Roll Kitchen, former Slidebar bouncer Michael Reeves ponders his answers a question during a deposition. BRUCE CHAMBERS,

FULLERTON – A settlement has been reached in the wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by a former nightclub bouncer who contended he was fired for talking to the District Attorney's Office about his observations the night Kelly Thomas was confronted by police.

Neither side would disclose the settlement's details.

Michael Reeves, a former bouncer at the Slidebar Rock-N-Roll Kitchen, said in his June 2012 suit that owner Jeremy Popoff had a standing order to do "anything necessary" to get transient Kelly Thomas away from the establishment. Popoff heavily disputed this.

Reeves, fired from Slidebar in September 2011, said in his suit that a Slidebar manager, in a call to a police dispatcher, falsely contended Thomas was walking between parked cars and jiggling door handles.

That call the night of July 5, 2011, drew officers to the Fullerton Transportation Center, where a confrontation with the mentally-ill Thomas became violent. Thomas died five days later, leading to criminal charges against three now-former officers.

In his videotaped deposition in October, Reeves said the manager was "standing right next to me" when calling the police and that Thomas was really doing nothing more than picking up cigarette butts.

However, split-screen video from the Slidebar surveillance camera shows Reeves standing in the club's entranceway, talking with other employees with his back turned to the Transportation Center parking lot, as Thomas, about 40 feet behind him, walks slowly alongside one parked car and then weaves between two others.

Surveillance video also shows the Slidebar manager talking on a cellphone from the parking lot, about 20 feet from Reeves.

It is unclear if the entire phone call was captured by the surveillance video.

Reeves initially asked for $4 million, but after he gave his deposition in October 2012, he lowered his demand to $45,000.

"I can absolutely confirm that this matter has now been resolved," said Eric Dubin, Slidebar's attorney.

Reeves' lawyer also confirmed the settlement.

Reeves' lawsuit sparked demonstrations in front of Slidebar, where protestors claimed the Business was, in part, responsible for Kelly Thomas' death.

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